Medical buddy sack

ABSTRACT

The medical sack is lightweight, simplified in design and construction, and able to store therein a variety of personal and medical items of a user during the work shift within a medical environment. The medical sack evenly distributes the weight of the items stored therein upon the back of the user permitting easy access for quick retrieval.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This version of the invention is concerned with the field of devices forstoring and transporting personal items in a medical environment. Morespecifically, this version of the invention is concerned with a sackthat is worn by medical personnel to store and transport items thatwould otherwise be located in a laboratory coat or similar garment.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

While on duty, a user will insert a variety of items within thesepockets for storage and transport, such as vials of pills, syringes,portable diagnostic equipment and devices, medical records, keys,currency, and the like. Inevitably these pockets soon reach capacity,and the contents stored therein cause a variety of problems for theuser. The weight and bulk of these items will, over extended periods ofduty, exert considerable strain and pressure upon the back and shouldersof the user, leading to muscle and tissue fatigue and long term injury.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A further object of the invention is to provide a medical sack that iscomprised of a hollow container with top opening, a first strap, and asecond strap, said straps attached at first ends thereof to the rearsidewall of the container at the lower end thereof and releasablyattached at second ends thereof to the rear and front sidewalls of thecontainer at the upper ends thereof. A final but very significant objectof the invention is to provide a medical sack a user can wear to storeand transport various personal and medical items that would otherwise belocated in a laboratory coat or similar garment, thus evenlydistributing the weight of such items while being transported andproviding quick and easy access to such items.

For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantagesand the specific objects attained by its uses, references should be madeto the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there isillustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of theinvention will become more fully understood from the followingdescription of the preferred embodiment of the invention as illustratedin the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer tothe same parts throughout different views. The drawings are notnecessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustratingthe principles of the invention.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a medical sack in accordance withthe present version of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of a medical sack in accordance withthe present version of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of a medical sack in accordance withthe present version of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring now to the drawings and, in particular, to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2wherein there are illustrated a typical embodiment of the medical sack10. The present version of the invention 10 consist of a hollowcontainer 12 with top opening, a first elongate strap 14 attachedthereto, and a second elongate strap 16 attached thereto.

The container 12 is comprised of a front sidewall 18, an opposed rearsidewall 20, a first lateral sidewall 22, an opposed second lateralsidewall 24, and a bottom sidewall 26. The sidewalls 18, 20, 22, 24, 26enclose an interior storage space 28, which is accessed through a topopening 30. Two button holes 32 are located medially in the frontsidewall 18 adjacent to the top opening 30 of the container 12, and twobutton holes 34 are located medially in the rear sidewall 20 adjacent tothe top opening 30 of the container 12.

The container 12 and first 14 and second 16 straps are fabricated ofmaterial that is lightweight, durable, flexible, and resistant tomoisture, such as woven textile materials, plastic, rubber, compositematerials, and the like.

The first strap 14 is defined by a first end 36 and an opposed secondend 38 with button 40 attached thereon. The first strap 14 is attachedat the first end 36 thereof to the rear sidewall 20 of the container 12at the lower end thereof. The second end 38 of the first strap 14 isreleasably attached to the container 12 by inserting the button 40located at the second end 38 of the strap 14 into the cooperating buttonhole 34 of the rear sidewall 20 of said container 12 and then into thecooperating button hole 32 of the front sidewall 18 of said container12.

The second strap 16 is defined by a first end 42 and an opposed secondend 44 with button 46 attached thereon. The second strap 16 is attachedat the first end 42 thereof to the rear sidewall 20 of the container 12at the lower end thereof. The second end 44 of the second strap 16 isreleasably attached to the container 12 by inserting the button 46located at the second end 38 of the strap 16 into the cooperating buttonhole 34 of the rear sidewall 20 of said container 12 and then into thecooperating button hole 32 of the front sidewall 18 of said container12.

In this manner, the buttons 40, 46 of respective straps 14, 16 occupycooperating button holes 34, 32 and close the opening 30 of thecontainer 12, thus preventing any items stored therein from falling outof the interior 28 during use and transport of the medical sack 10.

Referring to FIG. 3, therein illustrated is the front of the medicalsack 10. A series of pockets is located within the interior 28 of thecontainer 12 for storage of individual items, such as vials of pills,syringes, portable diagnostic equipment and devices, medical records,keys, currency, and the like. In this version of the invention 10, thesepockets (shown in phantom line) consist of a first rectangular pocket 48with detachable opening 50, a second rectangular pocket 52 withdetachable opening 54, a third rectangular pocket 56 with detachableopening 58, and a fourth rectangular pocket 60 with detachable opening62. These pockets 48, 52, 56, 60 can be located on either the insidesurface of the front sidewall 18 or rear sidewall 20 of the container 12or a combination thereof.

During use, a user positions the medical sack 10 on their shoulders andback in the manner of wearing a knapsack or sack of similarconstruction. An arm of user is inserted into the loop formed by thefirst strap 14 when the second end 38 of the strap 14 is releasablyattached to the top of the rear 20 and front sidewalls 18 of thecontainer 12 as described previously. Another arm of the user isinserted into the loop formed by the second strap 16 when the second end44 of the strap 16 is releasably attached to the top of the rear 20 andfront sidewalls 18 of the container 12 as described previously. Themedical sack 10 is thus positioned medially upon the upper back of theuser over and between the shoulder blades. In this manner, the weight ofthe items stored therein is evenly distributed upon the body and back ofthe user, greatly reducing muscle and tissue fatigue and the chance oflong-term injury.

The opening 30 of the container 12 is closed or otherwise reduced insize by means of the second ends 38, 44 of respective straps 14, 16being releasably attached to the top ends of the rear 20 and frontsidewalls 18 of the container 12 as described previously. Moreparticularly, respective buttons 40, 46 occupy cooperating button holes34, 32 of the rear 20 and front 18 sidewalls of the container 12 causingthe rear 20 and front 18 sidewalls to make contact at top ends thereof,thus closing the opening 30. In this manner, any contents stored withinthe interior 28 of the container 12 are prevented from falling orspilling out of the interior 28 of the container 12 of the sack 10should the user bend over or otherwise not maintain the back and medicalsack 10 located thereon in an upright position. As needed, the user canquickly locate and retrieve the contents stored within the interior 28of the container 12 or any of the pockets 48, 52, 56, 62.

While this version of the invention has been illustrated and describedin detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to beconsidered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it beingunderstood that only the preferred embodiment has been shown anddescribed and that all changes and modifications that come within thespirit of the version of the invention are desired to be protected. Withrespect to the above description then, it is to be realized that theoptimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, toinclude variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and mannerof operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obviousto one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to thoseillustrated in the drawings and described in the specification areintended to be encompassed by the present invention.

1. A medical sack comprised of a rectangular container and first andsecond straps attached thereto. The container consists of a frontsidewall, opposed rear sidewall, first and second opposed lateralsidewalls, and a bottom sidewall. The sidewalls enclosed an interiorstorage space, which is accessed by a top opening of the container. Twobutton holes each are located medially within the front and rearsidewalls of the container at the upper ends thereof adjacent to the topopening of said container.
 2. A medical sack of claim 1 the first andsecond straps are defined by respective first and second opposed ends. Abutton is attached to the second end of each strap. The first strap isattached at the first end thereof to the rear sidewall of the containerat the lower end thereof, and the second strap is attached at the firstend thereof to the rear sidewall of the container at the lower endthereof. The second ends of each strap are releasably attached to therear and front sidewalls of the container by means of the buttons beinginserted into cooperating button holes.
 3. A medical sack of claim 1 aseries of pockets with detachable openings are located on the insidesurfaces of the front or rear sidewalls of the container or combinationthereof. The container and straps are fabricated of material that islightweight, durable, flexible, and resistant to moisture, such as woventextile materials, plastic, rubber, composite materials, and the like. Auser can insert a variety of the aforementioned items and devices intothe interior of the medical sack for storage and transport during a workshift within a medical environment.
 4. The medical sack of claim 1 isworn upon the shoulders and back of a user in the manner of a knapsack.More particularly, a first arm of a user is inserted through the loop ofthe first strap when the first strap is releasably attached at thesecond end thereof by means of the button located thereon occupying thecooperating button hole in the rear sidewall of the container and thenthe cooperating button hole in the front sidewall of the container. Asecond arm of the user is inserted through the loop of the second strapwhen the second strap is releasably attached at the second end thereofby means of the button located thereon occupying the cooperating buttonhole in the rear sidewall of the container and then the cooperatingbutton hole in the front sidewall of the container.
 5. The medical sackof claim 1 the opening of the container is compressed or otherwisereduced in size by buttons located at second ends of the strapsoccupying cooperating button holes and causing the rear and frontsidewalls to make contact at top ends thereof, thus closing the openingof the container. The contents stored within the interior of thecontainer are prevented from falling or spilling out from the interiorof the container of the sack if and when the user bends over orotherwise does not maintain the back and medical sack in an uprightposition. As needed, the user can quickly locate and retrieve thecontents stored within the container or any of the pockets.